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5. Forces (AQA GCSE Physics: Combined Science)

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5.1 Forces & their Interactions

  1. 5.1.1 Scalars & Vectors
  2. 5.1.2 Contact & Non-Contact Forces
  3. 5.1.3 Forces as Vectors
  4. 5.1.4 Weight, Mass & Gravity
  5. 5.1.5 Calculating Weight
  6. 5.1.6 Resultant Forces
  7. 5.1.7 Free Body Diagrams
  8. 5.1.8 Balanced & Unbalanced Forces

5.2 Work Done & Energy Transfer

  1. 5.2.1 Work Done
  2. 5.2.2 Work Done & Energy Transfer
  3. 5.2.3 Work Done & Friction

5.3 Forces & Elasticity

  1. 5.3.1 Changing Shape
  2. 5.3.2 Hooke's Law
  3. 5.3.3 Force–Extension Graphs
  4. 5.3.4 Work Done on a Spring
  5. 5.3.5 Required Practical: Investigating Force & Extension

5.4 Describing Motion

  1. 5.4.1 Distance & Displacement
  2. 5.4.2 Speed
  3. 5.4.3 Measuring Speed
  4. 5.4.4 Calculating Speed
  5. 5.4.5 Velocity
  6. 5.4.6 Vector & Scalar Quantities
  7. 5.4.7 Circular Motion
  8. 5.4.8 Distance-Time Graphs
  9. 5.4.9 Instantaneous Speed
  10. 5.4.10 Acceleration
  11. 5.4.11 Velocity-Time Graphs
  12. 5.4.12 Area Under Velocity-Time Graphs
  13. 5.4.13 Calculating Uniform Acceleration
  14. 5.4.14 Terminal Velocity

5.5 Newton's Laws of Motion

  1. 5.5.1 Newton's First Law
  2. 5.5.2 Newton's Second Law
  3. 5.5.3 Required Practical: Investigating Force & Acceleration
  4. 5.5.4 Newton's Third Law
  5. 5.5.5 Inertia

5.6 Stopping Distances

  1. 5.6.1 Thinking & Braking Distances
  2. 5.6.2 Reaction Time
  3. 5.6.3 Factors Affecting Thinking Distance & Reaction Time
  4. 5.6.4 Factors Affecting Braking Distance
  5. 5.6.5 Estimating Decelerating Forces

5.7 Momentum

  1. 5.7.1 Momentum
  2. 5.7.2 Conservation of Momentum
  3. 5.7.3 Collisions

5.1 Forces & their Interactions

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5.2 Work Done & Energy Transfer

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5.3 Forces & Elasticity

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5.4 Describing Motion

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5.5 Newton's Laws of Motion

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5.6 Stopping Distances

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5.7 Momentum

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